Originally posted by Beverly Lynn
but before any of these came to pittsburgh we still had the lower fares. its just when they come out you need to grab them. !
Exactly what I'm talking about....you had to wait for a sale or travel on certain days/times.
and air tran only sells about 10% of the seats at the lower fare and then man do they jump up in price!
Like all airlines do. Let's say you have a job interview in Jacksonville on Tuesday and return the next day that you just found out about and have to get to.
A fare check on ITA shows....(No nonstops avail...all are one layover)
Airtran has 6 options available at $381 RT
Next best price without switching airlines is
Delta at $683 RT and US Airways at $793 RT.
I just picked a random example. I think you will find similar results for other short-notice trips. AND if airtran was not around these fares would be over $1000 like they are at other major airports that do not have competition.
Competition is good, that is why I spread my business around. I'm flying US Airways for the first time in June out of MSP .
I agree, you do have to research the backgrounds of airlines such as Vanguard. I was wary of them and never flew them because I thought they might pull out of MSP or fold. Sure enough, they pulled out the first of April. (Fares on the routes they were serving in competition with Northwest shot up overnight, too.)